Former Philadelphia bail commissioner arrested

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police say the city's former bail commissioner has been arrested for an alleged assault on his girlfriend.

The Philadelphia Daily News (http://bit.ly/153tNfA ) reports police say 50-year-old Tim O'Brien was arrested Sunday after allegedly assaulting the woman on March 31 in the city's Port Richmond section. Police say O'Brien grabbed the 35-year-old woman by her hair and smacked her face into a wall; she was treated at a hospital.

O'Brien is charged with simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and other counts. He was released after posting bail. His attorney, Scott DiClaudio, says O'Brien refutes the allegations and that the woman does not want to prosecute the matter.

O'Brien opted earlier this year not to seek another four-year term as bail commissioner. He became bail commissioner in 1992.